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Extend tax filing deadline to ensure low income households receive benefits
With the ongoing COVID-19 state of emergency, the federal government should waive the requirement that low-income individuals complete their 2019 tax forms by June 1st to continue to receive benefits—or extend…
Much stronger conditions needed on federal wage subsidy program
The federal government has announced it is prepared to pay wages subsidies of up to 75% of employee wages for all private businesses and other employers, including non-profits, partnerships and…
Platform crunch: Taxing the digital giants
It has taken a while, but almost all the major political parties now seem to finally agree that it’s time to tax the digital e-commerce giants: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix…
Une prescription d’économies
Options de recettes fédérales pour un régime national universel d’assurance-médicaments et leurs effets distributifs sur les ménages, les entreprises et les gouvernements Download 200.7 KB7 pages L’assurance-médicaments figure en tête…
Federal economic and monetary updates demonstrate there’s lots of room to expand public services for working Canadians
After many years of “serial disappointment” and concerns about secular stagnation, Canada’s economy is finally growing at a solid pace, as Finance Minister Morneau and the Bank of Canada Governor…
Creating a Canadian infrastructure bank in the public interest
Download 190.6 KB 13 pages During the 2015 federal election, the Liberals promised to establish a federal infrastructure bank to provide low-cost financing to municipalities. However, in the Fall Economic…
Work Life: Parables of Privatization
A cautionary tale of two telcos At a time when the Ontario Liberal government is planning to privatize Hydro One and other provincial governments are also planning significant privatizations, it’s…
Ontario audit throws cold water on federal-provincial love affair with P3s
In her annual report in December, Ontario’s auditor general (AGO), Bonnie Lysyk, exposed the extraordinary waste and financial sham pervasive in public-private partnerships (P3s)—projects her office estimates to have cost…
Missing In Action: Federal Budget 2014
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What’s the real cost for Regina’s wastewater P3?
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Three Cheers for the Fraser Institute!
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Dead Money
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